Nuchem

A boys’ name of Yiddish origin, meaning comfort; form of Nahum.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nuchem by the numbers

Nuchem was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Other names that come from Nahum

Like Nuchem, each of these traces back to Nahum: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Nahumhe comforted71 in the US (2017)
  • Nahomhe comforted; a modern spelling of Nahum8 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nuchem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nachumhe comforted; a form of Nahum10 in the US (2017)
  • Nochumcomfort; a form of Nahum9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nuchem

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